Pediatric Patients in a Local Nepali Emergency Department: Presenting Complaints, Triage and Post-Discharge Mortality

• Main Authors: Samita Giri PhD (Author), Tine Halvas-Svendsen MSc (Author), Tormod Rogne PhD (Author), Sanu Krishna Shrestha MD (Author), Henrik Døllner PhD (Author), Erik Solligård PhD (Author), Kari Risnes PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. In low-income countries, pediatric emergency care is largely underdeveloped although child mortality in emergency care is more than twice that of adults, and mortality after discharge is high. Aim. We aimed at describing characteristics, triage categories, and post-discharge mortality in...